Following its US ban, TikTok is back online as a result of an intervention by President-Elect Donald Trump. Read this story to learn more.

The president-elect Sunday pledged an executive order, hours into his second term, returning access for American users, at least temporarily.

TikTok began restoring its services on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app's access in the U.S. when he returns to power on Monday. "Frankly, we have no choice. We have to save it,

Analysts have suggested it is "just matter of time" until the US ban on TikTok spreads to allied countries and beyond – if the Trump administration decides to keep it offline. The app has been switched off in America after US lawmakers ruled it was a national security risk because of owner ByteDance's ties to the Chinese government - ties it denies.

TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect

President Joe Biden last year signed a law Congress had passed with bipartisan support to force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban, citing concer